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M. M. SMITH.

IRONING TABLE.

1\To.^494,6':34`. y Patented Apr. 4, 1893.

MILLAGE M. sMrrnoF sTocKDALE,

PATENT OFFICE.

TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH ROBERSON, OF SAME PLACE.

IRONING-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,654, dated April 4, 1893.

Application filed October 5, 1892.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, MTLLAGE M. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stockdale, in the county of Wilson and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Ironing-Table, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in ironing tables. i The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of ironing tables and to provide one which may be readily adjusted in height to suit the person using the same, and which .will protect clothes being ironed by keeping the same out of contact with the lloor.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings--Figure 1 is a perspective View of an ironing table constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 isa vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the hinged end of the ironing board.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures ofthe drawings.

1, 1 designate adjustable legs supporting an ironing board 2 and connected near their lower ends bya shelf 3 adapted to hold clothes to be ironed or after they have been ironed. Two legs are arranged at the back of the ironing table,and one at the front, and the former are connected at the top by a transverse cleat 4 to which is hinged the rear end of the ironing board 2, which is adapted to have its front end raised to allow clothes to be placed on the board for ironing. The legs which are adjustable are composed of inner and outer sections 5 and 6, the former of which are rigidly secured to the shelf 3, and are provided near p their upper ends with longitudinal slots 7;

and the outer sections 6 are vertically Inovable, and are secured in their adjustment by clamping screws 8, which are provided with thumb nuts. The outer section 6 of the front leg is provided at its top with a projection 9 Serial No. 447,891. (No model.)

engaginga socket 10 of a cleat 11 which is secured to the lower face of theironing board near'the front end thereof. The shelf 3 is provided with openings 12 to receive the legs, and it is supported by horizontal braces 13 and 14 arrangedon its lower face, the braces 13 extending longitudinally of the ironing talegs, and the upward swing of the ironing board is limited by a stay cord 15 which has one end secured to the cleat 4 and the other end secured to a cleat 16 which is arranged on the lower face of the ironing board and has the hinges of the same attached to its rear edge.

While clothes are being ironed they are held out of contact with the floor by a metal guard 17 consisting of a longitudinal rod 18 and inwardly extending arms 19 and 20 having their ends bent at right angles to form journals and arranged in suitable bearing openings in the stationary section of the legs, whereby the guard is pivoted to the ironing table, and is adapted when not in'use to be folded in out of the way. The arms are provided intermediate of their ends with bends, and when the guard is in operative position the outer portions of the arms incline upward.

The ironing table is provided with a hinged sleeve board 21 which is hinged to the rear edge of theironing board, and which is adapted when not in use to be swung down into a vertical position at the back of the ironing table as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, and to be arranged on top of the ironing board for use as illustrated in Fig. l.

It will be seen that the ironing tableis simple, inexpensive and convenient and that when not used for ironing will serve the purpose of an ordinary table, and that clothes while being ironed or held out of contact with the oor.

The rear end of the ironing board is provided with a recess 22 to receive the hinge of the sleeve board when the latter is arranged in a vertical position, and the rear end of the shelf is provided with a recess 23 to permit the sleeve board to be folded in compactly against the shelf.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention.

Vhat I claim isl. An ironing table provided with a pivoted clothes guard extending longitudinally ofthe table and adapted to be swung outward laterally from the table to support clothes to prevent the same coming in contact with the floor and adapted to be folded in on the ironing table, substantially as described.

2. An ironing table provided With a pivoted clothes guard extending laterally therefrom and consisting of alongitudinal rod, and

arms having their outer portions bent upward to incline the outer portion of the arms, substantially as described.

3. An ironing table comprising adjustable legs, a horizontal shelf arranged near the lower ends of the legs and connecting the saine, a hinged ironing board supported by the legs, a pivoted clothes guard adapted to extend laterally from the ironing table, and a sleeve board hinged to the rear end of the ironing board and adapted to be folded down in a vertical position when not in use, and to be arranged on the face of the board for use, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

MILL'AGE M. SMITH. lVitnesses:

T. C. MCDANIEL, W. R. NVHEELER. 

